The San Diego Padres beat the New York Mets in the ninth inning on a play that you rarely ever see end a game. The Padres had the bases loaded and Paul McAnulty was hit by a Scott Schoeneweis to score Scott Hairtson for the winning run. No problem with that if you’re a Padres fan, a win is a win!
Trevor Hoffman picked up the win as he pitched the top of the ninth inning. Hoffman is now 1-4 on the season. Josh Banks got the start on the mound for the Padres and tossed six innings, allowing five hits and only one run. Very good outing for Mr. Banks. Justin Hampson and Heath Bell both threw scoreless innings in relief of Banks.
Even though the Padres had 12 hits in the game, they were only able to push across two runs. Tha is what happens when you don’t string two or three hits together and leave 19 runners on base. Besides the bases loaded hit by pitch run in the ninth inning, the other Padres run came in the third inning when Tadahito Iguchi had a rbi double to score Banks.
